Fisheries Management

Stripers Forever members - recently the ASMFC - the interstate fishery commission responsible for managing striped bass - invited public comments on its next 5 year strategic plan. We submitted the following comments.

Report from Restore America's Estuaries and The Ocean Foundation Shows High Economic Value of Coasts and Estuaries at Jeopardy Without Restoration and ProtectionWASHINGTON (May 21, 2008) - At the National Press Club today Jeff Benoit, President of Restore America Estuaries and Dr. Linwood

In what should be America's most important river-herring refuge, superstition suppresses these imperiled fish.

In February 2008 the National Marine Fisheries Service issued what they call a "Guidance" for salmon harvest management to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The purpose is to execute commercial fisheries in a benign way so that at risk populations, especially those listed as